Part of the hacking process is getting a first foothold into a system. Then once you’re in, escalating privileges and peeling back protections is the next priority. More than once in pen-testing situations or capture-the-flag games I’ve gotten into a Windows box and then needed to get further access. Here’s a nice discussion of exactly how to shut down the Windows 10 firewall:
TL;DR:
netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off